CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	thereof, shall prepare within twelve months
	from the date of said election a charter
	or form of government for said city or such
	county and present the same to the Mayor
	of Baltimore or President of the Board
	of County Commissioners of such county,
	who shall publish the same in at least two
	newspapers of general circulation published
	in the City of Baltimore or county within
	thirty days after it shall be reported to him.
	Such charter shall be submitted to the voters
	of said city or county at the next general
	or congressional election after the report
	of said charter to said Mayor of Baltimore
	or President of the Board of County Com-
	missioners; and if a majority of the votes
	cast for and against the adoption of said
	charter shall be in favor of such adoption,
	the said charter from and after the thirtieth
	day from the date of such election shall
	become the Law of said city or county,
	subject only to the Constitution and Public
	General Laws of this State, and any public
	local laws inconsistent with the provisions
	of said charter and any former charter of
	the City of Baltimore or county shall be
	thereby repealed.
	Sec. 2. The General Assembly at its	See Sections 7.01-7.04, immediately above.
	first session after the adoption of this amend-
	ment shall by public general law provide a
	grant of express powers for such county or
	counties as may thereafter form a charter
	under the provisions of this Article. Such
	express powers granted to the counties and
	the powers heretofore granted to the City
	of Baltimore, as set forth in Article 4, Sec-
	tion 6, Public Local Laws of Maryland, shall
	not be enlarged or extended by any charter
	formed under the provisions of this Article,
	but such powers may be extended, modified,
	amended or repealed by the General
	Assembly.
	Sec. 3. Every charter so formed shall	See Sections 7.01-7.04, immediately above.
	provide for an elective legislative body in
	which shall be vested the lawmaking power
	of said city or county. Such legislative
	body in the City of Baltimore shall be
	known as the City Council of the City of
	Baltimore, and in any county shall be
	known as the County Council of the county.
	The chief executive officer, if any such
	charter shall provide for the election of
	such executive officer, or the presiding
	officer of said legislative body, if such
	charter shall not provide for the election
	of a chief executive officer, shall be known
	in the City of Baltimore as Mayor of Balti-

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